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October 17, 2021

Breast Cancer Now Affects 1 In 60

Triple-negative breast cancer is considered to be more aggressive in nature, say doctors

1 min

'Vasuli' govt most corrupt: Fadnavis

The Leader of Opposition, Devendra Fadnavis, on Saturday hit out at the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over his allegation that the Centre is using the seizure of drugs in the cruise liner case to defame the state. He asked Thackeray whether he was on the side of drug consumers, sellers, or those fighting against the drug menace.

2 mins

FDA Panel Endorses Booster Shot For J&J Covid-19 Vaccine

J&J told the Food and Drug Administration that an extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination - but that it might work better if people wait until six months later

1 min

IS Claims Responsibility For Kandahar Blasts

Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) on Saturday confirmed that the Kandahar mosque blasts were carried by them.

1 min

Boosting Fertility The Natural Way

Healthy eating patterns along with active lifestyle can help both men and women overcome infertility issues, here's how

3 mins

Nature helped kids sail through lockdown

Cambridge A new study has suggested that children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found Covid-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental health because they experienced a lower connection with nature than their wealthier peers.

1 min

Warm Milk Improves Sleep

According to time-honoured advice, drinking a glass of warm milk at bedtime will encourage a good night's rest. Milk's sleep-enhancing properties are commonly ascribed to tryptophan, but scientists have also discovered a mixture of milk peptides, called casein tryptic hydrolysate (CTH), that relieves stress and enhances sleep.Now, researchers reporting in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified specific peptides in CTH that might someday be used in new, natural sleep remedies.

1 min

Processed Food Diet Dangerous For Memory: Study

A new study has found that four weeks on a highly processed food diet leads to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of ageing rats that was accompanied by behavioural signs of memory loss.

1 min

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The Free Press Journal - Mumbai Newspaper Description:

The Free Press Journal is one of the oldest English Daily newspapers from Mumbai with a heritage of more than 90 years. And yet, The Free Press Journal is a contemporary paper and rooted in current urban realities.

In keeping with the international trend, it has reinvented itself in terms of design, get up and content. It means different thing to different people – a platform for the articulate, a trendsetter for the young and a chronicle for the old.

It was at the forefront of freedom struggle against the British and continues with the free and fearless journalism till date. Indeed, the history of The Free Press Journalism mirrors that of Indian independence.

Swaminath Sadanand, a 30-year-old idealist from Madras trudged his way to Bombay and with a vision that was to prove uncomfortably ahead of his day, brought out a newspaper as unorthodox in character as it was innovative in concept. For Swaminath Sadanand, the Free Press Journal was not so much a business venture as a cause.

The spirit with which he launched the paper and ran it for almost three decades helped it make it an integral part of two great Indian movements — the struggle for independence and the evolution of Indian publishing.